Bush has Chao lie re his signing Econ report jobs # - and US media ignores

[papau]

BUSH CONTINUES TO MISLEAD ON JOB CREATION

Last month, President Bush released a personally signed report promising that his economic plan would create 2.6 million new jobs by 2004. (1) When data suggested that this would not be possible, he "distanced himself" from the report and "declined to endorse the jobs estimate" publicly during an Oval Office appearance. (2) Now, with a new jobs report showing that his economic program continues to fall short, the president has resorted to outright dishonesty. (3)

Specifically, the president deployed Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to Capitol Hill last week to claim that he never actually signed the report. She told lawmakers the president "doesn't sign this report." (4)

Sources:
1. "2.6 million jobs on way, Bush says", Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
02/11/04, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1338421&l=21180.
2. "The Challenger Gets Mentioned Early", Washington Post, 03/09/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1338421&l=21181.
3. "Bush declines to endorse prediction of 2.6 million jobs", Baltimore Sun,
02/19/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1338421&l=21182
oll=bal-business-headlines.
4. "Americans Drop Out of Labor Force, Posing Risks for Bush, Fed",
Bloomberg, 03/08/04,


http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1338421&l=21183.

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[grannylib]

1. Hope nobody died of shock over this one....surprise surprise eom

[Gman]

2. Is there a PDF copy of the document bush signed anywhere?

Kerry could hand them out at every campaign stop.

[papau]

3. Good point - an email to "mislead" to suggest this is in order!

:-)